My Own Thoughts

One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for February, 2005

Saudis Use Schools to Diss US

Posted: Monday, February 7th, 2005 @ 9:22 am in Politics/Military, Teaching/Ed, United States | No Comments »

This article talks about new textbooks where the infidel is to be avoided and the US is made the enemy. These are being sent out by the Saudis to schools here in the US. Does anyone remember the Saudi commercial, “We are your friends.”? If you do, you must be wondering, like I am, who [...]

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Soldier Problems

Posted: Monday, February 7th, 2005 @ 8:43 am in Politics/Military, United States | No Comments »

Another scandal in Iraq. Drinking, carousing, female soldiers wrestling in their skivvies. Everyone is “appalled.” And one woman, only one soldier and a woman, has been punished for the revelry. I’m not an ardent feminist. But if the guys can take their shirts off, then so can the women. And that a woman was busted [...]

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Animals Responsible

Posted: Friday, February 4th, 2005 @ 11:53 am in Christianity | No Comments »

“Gen 9:4-6 4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. 6 “Whoever sheds [...]

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Age Makes a Difference

Posted: Thursday, February 3rd, 2005 @ 7:37 am in Life in General | No Comments »

Says that inhibitors for risky behavior are not fully developed until age 25. That’s an interesting age, much older than we’ve always set our laws (15 to get married in Nevada and South Carolina and 21 to drink in most states). Related personal musings: When are you grown up? When are you a grown up?

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Galileo

Posted: Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 @ 3:48 pm in Fun Facts, History | No Comments »

Cold Fury has a long discourse on Galileo, including his recanting and his un-recanting, and his sentence and his beliefs and Kepler, Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe.

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